Saturday, December 27, 2008,3:01 pm
i'm uploading the photos now, so i'll post them in the next post (:
i guess there's too much detail to write about the medan trip.
one significant thing i learnt though,
as we had to perform a few songs.
the songs we used were the songs i used to sing in sunday school.
as early as when i learned to walk
as i hear them again now,
i understand them in a new light now.
i never knew they were so powerfully blunt and true.
they are just such powerful and touching songs to me.
singing word for word of psalms, of everything!
i never knew (: its just amazing.
anyway, 3 verses i stumbled on this morning that kind of struck me.
"for by faith it is impossible to please Him, for he who comes to God must believe that He is, and that He is a rewarded of those who diligently seek Him"
- Hebrews 11:6
"Confess your trespasses yo one another, and pray for one another, that you may be healed. The effective, fervent prayer of a righteous man avails much"
- James 5:16
"For as the body without the spirit is dead, so faith without works is dead also"
- James 2:26
this christmas was nothing spectacular to me. but it was a time for me to really count my blessings.
it wasnt a sudden revelation that i am blessed,
i know i am.
my life has changed 360degrees this year.
and though people say i havent changed.
maybe externally i havent,
but inside of me i have been renewed.
my priorities are entirely different now,
i have thrown away horrid habits,
and i see life in a different light.
i am no longer insecure, doutbful, but instead i'm full of faith.
i dont just pursue things selfishly for myself, but i want to live for others.
i've learnt to love more instead of to rebel.
and still secretly feeling void on the inside.
but still i know there is so much more ahead.
the road is long,
the valley's deep,
the ocean's right in front of me.
But God ~
hahaha, this song just rings in my head.
anyway,
go read Gavin & Choongkai's blogs.
seriously, those kids are just full of life and fire!
they're super funny, and yet
at secondary two, they're inspiring in God's name(:
i can't say i'm excited for 2009.
i know it's going to be yet another year of change.
of surprise - whether i like it or not.
but one thing i do know,
whichever road i choose, i want to see the bigger picture.
life beyond myself and what i want.
Heaven's eye view.
all these i know because,
i rededicated my life to Christ.
no longer i who live,
but Christ who lives in me (:
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